Where does “coquetter” come from?
coquetter (English) comes from English coquet, from French coquet, from French coq, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen.
coquetter (English): One who coquets; a coquettish person
Definitions
- One who coquets; a coquettish person
Ancestry of “coquetter”, step by step
coquetter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coquet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coquet | A flirtatious female; a coquette; A flirtatious... |
| 2 | French | coquet | vain, conscious of one's appearance; sweet, cute,... |
| 3 | French | coq | male chicken, rooster, cockerel, cock; a cook |
| 4 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 5 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 6 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 7 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 8 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 9 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 11 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |